Wil Parker

Not to be confused with Will Parker.

Wil Brian Parker (born 29 May 2002)^[1] is a professional Australian rules football player who currently plays for the Collingwood Football Club, and a former domestic cricketer who played for the Victoria cricket team and the Hobart Hurricanes.

Wil Parker
Personal information
Full name	Wil Brian Parker
Date of birth	(2002-05-29) 29 May 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth	Croydon, Victoria, Australia
Original team(s)	Eastern Ranges (Talent League)
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Club information
Current club	Collingwood
Number	15
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2024–	Collingwood	5 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2024 season.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Personal information
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg break
Role	Bowler
Relations	Geoff Parker (uncle)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2019/20–2023/24	Victoria (squad no. 8)
2020/21–2022/23	Hobart Hurricanes
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 4 1 9 Runs scored 4 7 47 Batting average 2.00 7.00 11.75 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 4 7 25* Balls bowled 360 44 108 Wickets 6 1 1 Bowling average 32.00 44.00 185.00 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/54 1/44 1/42 Catches/stumpings 1/– 1/– 1/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 April 2023

Cricket career

Parker made his first-class debut on 14 February 2020, for Victoria in the 2019–20 Sheffield Shield season.^[2][3] He became the fourth-youngest cricketer to make their first-class debut for Victoria.^[4] His uncle, Geoff Parker, also played first-class cricket for Victoria.^[5]

In June 2020, Parker signed a professional contract with Victoria for the 2020–21 domestic season, opting to play cricket instead of Australian rules football, where he was touted as a potential early draft selection.^[6] He made his Twenty20 debut on 27 December 2020, for the Hobart Hurricanes, in the 2020–21 Big Bash League season.^[7] He made his List A debut on 10 March 2021, for Victoria in the 2020–21 Marsh One-Day Cup.^[8] At the end of the 2023-24 Sheffield Shield season and 2023–24 Marsh One-Day Cup he gave up his contract with Cricket Victoria to return to Australian rules football.

For Victoria he played 4 First-Class games, taking 6 wickets at an average of 32 and scoring 4 runs in 2 innings at an average of 2. Parker also represented Victoria in a solitary one-day match, taking 1 wicket for 44 and scoring 7 runs. In T20 cricket he played 9 games, taking 1 wicket for the cost of 185 runs and scoring 47 runs in 6 innings (with a high score of 25 against the Perth Scorchers in December 2021) at an average of 11.75.

AFL career

For the 2024 AFL season, Parker signed with the Collingwood Football Club^[9] as a Category B Rookie. He made his debut against Fremantle in round 11.^[10]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2024 season^[11]

Legend

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2024	Collingwood	45	5	1	0	24	18	42	6	12	0.2	0.0	4.8	3.6	8.4	1.2	2.4
Career			5	1	0	24	18	42	6	12	0.2	0.0	4.8	3.6	8.4	1.2	2.4